Connecticut western news., 1887-02-02
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1887
Local News.

-Candlemas day.
 Place for sale or rent, also two good COWS for sale. See advertisement.
 -s.Love's labor lost"-trying to crack the steel chest in Fuller Peet's safe. Don't forget the piano recital at D. l.. Freeman's this evening. All are in- vited.
 Fuller & Peet took different in- ventory Thursday morning than they expected to.
 Joseph s. Mundry leaves Falls Vil- lage this morning for his winter home at St. Augustine, Fla.
 The sociable at the Warner House postponed itself, or in other words for got you last Wednesday night.
 The calf-buyers secured about 25 calves here yesterday at prices ranging from 6 to 8a cents per pound.
 Don't stand there shivering but read A. L. Brown & Sons new advertisement and govern yourself accordingly.
 -Dr. Eddy writes from Atlanta, Ga., that the natives take sleigh ride there by hitching horse to a rocking chair. M J. Callehan Superintendent of Northern Adirondack railroad, and family expect to move to Malone, N. Y., in the spring.
 -"Under the snow the violets bloom" fresh, full blown pansies were picked from an outdoor flower bed in this vill- age last Thursday.
 John Condou and Miss Julia Rosi,r both of East Canaan will be married at St. Joseph's church in this village at 10 o'clock this morning.
 It is hardly necessary to call atten. ton to R. I. Taylor's advertisement. This week he has a regular picture gal lery in another column.
 A so-called Masonic ball will be given at town hall in this village on Friday evening of this week. Music by Rocco Laraja's orchestra of Pittsield. 'Sohmer" $ Mathushek Pianos, Estey and Mason & Hanlin Orgaus rented or for sale by Cspewell the Jeweler, No 386 Main street. West Winsted, Conn. Many of the Housatonic railroad employees cannot tell whether they are working for the Housatonic R. R Co.,. the New York and New England R. R.. Go. or the Standard Oil Go.
 -"Thou art so near and yet so far, D said the burglars to the money in Fuller & Peet's safe. You have "given us a blowing up" several times ''now give us rest" said the safe to the burglars.
 -Canaanites are bantering the minis ters by jokingly remarking that it is a singular coincidence, that dozen or more Episcopal clergymen were in this village the night that Fuller & Peet's safe was cracked.
 -S. W. Barnes and family leave Canaan at $40 B. m. to-day for an ex. tended pleasure trip to Florida. N. Var Deusen of Ashley Falls expected to ac. company them but his advertisement in the NEWS has increased his trade SC much that he finds it impossible to leave his store.
 Many farmers in this section will not raise tobacco the coming season They have learned by bitter experience that there are two crops that cannot b, raised simultaneously on the same land viz: crop of good tobacco and crel of good prices. They propose to rais' . crop of good prices the coming ysa by raising corn or vegetables, and th tobacco buyers can try their hand ant their backs at raising 'the weed " they are anxious to.
 Salmon Barlow arrived home fir ,u Pittsfelt last Friday. We are unabl to give report of the tri I further thai the following which we clip from tn Springfield Republican of January 29u "Salmon Barlow of Canaan. Ct., wh was found guilty of viting threatening letters to certain cider >akers, retracte his plea of not guilty an- oleaded guilt to one of the counts of the indictment In the case of another connt 8 bill ( exceptions Is being prepared. Barlo' being under $3OO0 to appear from da to day"
 After we had expressed the views ( he tobacco raisers in this section, ther came unexpectedly to hand the advel tisement Important to Tobacco Grow CTS" It. advent is timely, and We Cd especial attention to it. We have neith. time or space to-day to fully explain tt plan. So we must be content to quo as follows from MT Briggs letter whic accompanied the advertisement: ''Th plan offers to farmers eractly what tht have desired for years, in order that the might do away with the middle noe the packers, and further than that, I furnish the capital necessary to take the tobacco in the bundle apd fit it for u manufacturer and sell 1t, the grow having no outlay until his tobacco sold."